The police of Damoh district in Madhya Pradesh said on Thursday that a 15-year-old girl had been impregnated after rape allegedly killed her 40-year-old baby. The minor felt humiliated because of the child, as per reports.
According to reports, the sub-divisional officer of police Ashok Chaurasiya of Tendukheda, Damoh said that the child's birth upset the 15-year-old and pushed her to take the alleged action.
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The girl was reportedly in a relationship with a 17-year-old boy of her village. The minor boy allegedly raped her in February and impregnated her. The survivor's family got to know about the pregnancy in August this year when she complained of stomach pain. After check-up, the doctor at the district hospital informed the family about the pregnancy. That is when the girl narrated the incident to her parents. As per reports, the family then approached police and filed a complaint with the police. The minor boy is not in a juvenile home.
He was arrested by the police under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offence (POCSO) Act.
The girl had given birth to her baby on October 16 at a district hospital when she was admitted for sometime due to medical complications, as per Hindustan Times report. On November 15, she was discharged. As per reports, she again visited a local community health centre at Tendukheda with her baby. She claimed that the baby was sick. When the doctors examined the child, they declared it dead. The post-mortem report of the baby revealed that it died of strangulation.
According to the police, the teenager confessed to killing the child during interrogation and was booked for murder. She was produced before the Juvenile Justice Court and was later sent to correctional home.
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